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Monday, February 25, 2013

Mukhtar Mai is a woman from a village in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan. In 2002, she was gang-raped on the orders of a tribal council as part of a so-called “honour” revenge. While tradition dictates that a woman should commit suicide after such an act, Mukhtar defied convention and fought the case. Her rapists were never convicted, but the story was picked up by domestic and international media, and she has become an iconic advocate of women’s rights, despite constant threats to her life. She has opened a girls’ school and women’s crisis centre in Muzaffagarh.

In April 2007, Mukhtar Mai won the North-South Prize from the Council of Europe.In 2005, Glamour Magazine named her 'Woman of the Year'.According to the New York Times, Her autobiography is the No. 3 best seller in France , and movies are being made about her. She has been praised by dignitaries like Laura Bush and the French foreign ministers.